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In the United States, an aid package for Ukraine of over 60 billion dollars has been blocked in Congress for almost half a year, helped by Trump-loyal Republicans, writes NTB. Several politicians and experts have warned of the consequences for Ukraine if US support does not materialise.

At the same time, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi has warned that the country badly needs more ammunition and air defense in the fight against the Russians.

Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is now urgently asking that the Republicans and presidential candidate Donald Trump support the aid package for the Ukrainians in the war against Russia and Vladimir Putin.

– Donald Trump will fail to “Make America Great Again” if he lets Ukraine fall into the hands of Vladimir Putin, warns Johnson, according to The Telegraph.

“Make America Great Again”, or “MAGA”, is Trump’s well-known slogan.

Donald Trump and Boris Johnson pictured in London in 2019. Trump was president of the United States in the period 2016-2020, and is now aiming for a new term in power in the White House. The election in the United States is November 5, 2024. (PETER NICHOLLS/AFP)

US position at stake

After a meeting with Trump in March, Hungary’s embattled Prime Minister Viktor Orban stated that Trump will not spend anything financially on the “Ukraine-Russia war” if he becomes president again.

Boris Johnson believes that the Republicans and the Democrats both have to be on Ukraine’s side in the war. Only then will the US retain its status as the world‘s superpower, he believes.

– If you are Ronald Reagan’s (former American president from the Republicans, journ. note) party, and if you want to make America great again, then you cannot start a potential Republican presidential term with a defeat against Vladimir Putin. It will be a disaster for the West and for the United States, says the former prime minister.

The Republicans’ Ronald Reagan was the 40th president of the United States. He was in power in the period 1981–1989. (J. DAVID AKE/AFP)

Top Republican’s Ukraine Plea

The high-profile senator Mitch McConnell (82), who is the Republican minority leader in the Senate, has promised to fight hard to secure support for Ukraine in his own party.

– We do not lose any American soldiers in the war. It is the Ukrainians who are fighting. And if Russia takes Ukraine, a NATO country will be next on the list. Then suddenly we are in the middle of it, McConnell said earlier in April.

The high-profile senator Mitch McConnell stated in February that he will step down as the Republican leader of the Senate in November. Going forward, he will spend a lot of time trying to get support for Ukraine from his own party colleagues. (Timothy D. Easley/AP)

McConnell’s father fought on the ground for the United States in World War II, and the 82-year-old has said that his father always warned him about the threat from Russia. This feeling has only grown stronger, according to the senator, which has contributed to him putting a lot of effort into the work on the support package.

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Facts about the wars in Ukraine

• Russia and President Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine with large forces on February 24, 2022.
• Russian forces and Russian-backed separatists previously controlled the Crimean peninsula and parts of the Ukrainian counties of Donetsk and Luhansk.
• Since the invasion, Russian forces have taken control of even more areas in eastern and southern Ukraine. The Russian-occupied areas now make up around 18 percent of the country.
• The fronts in the war have largely been deadlocked since autumn 2022.
• Ukraine’s and President Volodymyr Zelenskyi’s stated goal is to recapture all Russian-occupied territories, including the Crimean peninsula annexed by Russia in 2014.
• Western countries support Ukraine with large amounts of weapons and military equipment.
• Neither Ukraine nor Russia state how many soldiers they lose on the battlefield. It is estimated that up to 500,000 soldiers have been killed and wounded in the war, and the majority of these are said to be Russian.
• The UN has registered over 10,000 civilians killed in Ukraine, but the real number is probably much higher.
• 6.5 million Ukrainians have fled the country since the invasion, and another 3.7 million are internally displaced.

(Sources: UN, The New York Times, NTB)

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